Bandwidth & Limits

Every kubestart cluster has bandwidth limits that depend on your package. These limits apply per pod to both ingress and egress traffic.

Speed limits by package

Package	Per-pod bandwidth
Small	100 Mbps
Medium	250 Mbps
Large	500 Mbps

The bandwidth limit is enforced on each pod individually. A pod in a Small cluster cannot send or receive faster than 100 Mbps, regardless of how many other pods are running.

Monthly transfer caps

Package	Monthly transfer
Small	500 GB
Medium	2 TB
Large	5 TB

The monthly transfer cap covers all ingress and egress traffic across all pods in your cluster. The counter resets at the start of each billing cycle.

What happens when you exceed the cap

When your cluster reaches its monthly transfer limit:

1. All traffic is throttled to 1 Mbps for the remainder of the billing period.
2. Throttling affects every pod in the cluster, including system components.
3. Your cluster continues running — workloads are not stopped or suspended.
4. At the start of the next billing cycle, full bandwidth is restored automatically.

Caution

Throttling to 1 Mbps can make your applications effectively unusable. Monitor your transfer usage on the dashboard and consider upgrading your package if you regularly approach the cap.

Monitoring bandwidth usage

Your current transfer usage is visible on the cluster detail page in the dashboard. If you have the Monitoring add-on enabled, bandwidth metrics are also available in Grafana.

Related

• Resource Quotas — CPU, memory, and storage limits.
• Fair Use Policy — what happens with repeated overuse.